Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-17
RED.HEADEO GIRLS.
Why a White Horse Appears When
They Are Seen.

They Are seen.
Macon (Ga.) Telegraph: The discus.
sion over the alleged simultaneous ap.
pearance upon the streets of white horses
and red headed girls has reached point
in the west that reminds one of the days
of the thirteen, fourteen, fifteen puzzle,
the chestnut bell and the "punch con-
ductor" song. The superstition is neatly
hit off by Kansas paper as follows:
"Whosoever says SO is liar roared
cholerlc old gentleman from Dexter one
morning, standing IN front of the city
upon the credulity of the country people.
I'm getting tired"
"Look there now" he shouted, "there's
red-headed girl; red.headed till you
can't rest. Where's any white horse?
just as easy as rollin' off'n los to prove
the original of fad Il liar. don't be-
lieve there's white horse within mile.
But CHANGING to gaze in the direction of
the high school a hearse was seen, to
which, not one, but two mlk-whitc
steeds were hltched. The Dexter man
tainted.
To this may be added that columns
have been written explanatory of the
white horse coincidence without satisfy
ing the public.
Possibly the reason why when a red
headed girl appears on the street white
horse soon makes his appearance will
have to be sought for in history. This
suggestion is thrown out for what it is
worth. Away back IN the early Greek
and Egyptian days red-headed girls
were very Justly PRICED above, all the
members of the sex. Men fought, bed
and died for their smiles, and they were
quite the rage. CLEOPATRA, herself, we
are told, was the -possessor of
an auburn head, and Helen of
Troy, some contend, was equally for
tunate. AS is well known, the belief in
the transmigration of souls was then
prevalent, based upon reasons now lost
to philosophy, and conspicuously brave
the smiles of Jupiter, of white horses.
We can imagine, then, that when gallant
knights went forth to battle after passion.
ate adieus to their auburn-headed Helens
and Cleopatras, and found themselves
after fierce conflict with the barbarians,
prancing steeds with snowy tlanks. that
memory of their lost loves dwelt in their
equine heads. 1t may be that these fel-
lows In the shape Of white horses are
still following red-headed girls around.
Of course. in this prOsaic age, no live
journal has time to argue such u prOpO-
sition, but the folks who believe that
there are more things in heaven and
| earth than are dreamed of in our phil
osophy, HoratiO, can amuse themselves
with the suggestion Nobody will deny
that the white horse is an animal of
taste.
The Area and Population OF Europe.
London Times: General Strelbtski,
who was selected by the International
| Statistical congress, held at the Hague, to
| prepare u report upon the area and num-
ber of inhabitants in the different coun.
| tries of Europe, has completed his labors,
| the gist of them being that the total area
| of Europe is 6,233, ,060 square miles, of
which 3, ,426, 1856 square miles belong to
Russia, 39l 900 to Austria-Hungary,
1000 to Germany. 1888, 435 to France,
2O3, ,375 to Norway, 196, 615 to Great Britain
and ireland, 18O,3l0 to Italy, 183,350 to
Turkey in Europe and Bosnia, $3.50 TO
Denmark, SO, 1875 to Roumania, $500 to
Portugal, 40, 425 to Greece, 81, ,375 to Servia,
25,S75 to Switzerland, 20,265 to Holland,
and 1s,430 to Belgium. The Russian
empire in Europe alone covers more
than half of the whole continent, ,embrac.
ing / he Kingdom OF Poiann, the Grand
casus. Russia also stands far in advance
| of all the other nations in respect to her
| population, which is given by Gen. Strel-
bitski at $4,000, 900, the countries which
come next being the German Empire
l47, 200, ,O0O), Austria, Hungary ls9, 800, 900.
France (37. 300, ,0O0l, Great Britain and Ire
land ga, ,9OO, ,OOo), Italy 10000, 900, Spain
gium (5,s5O,OOO), Roumsnia %, ,400, ,OO0),
Turkey IN Europe IA, zoe, ,0O0), Sweden a..
| 700, ,OOO), Holland and Portugal "a 400, 900
eachl, Denmark q, 100, ,O00), Seryia 1000
000). and Norway Q.960,OO0). The den
sity of the population is very different, for
while Belgium has 20l inhabitants to the
square kilometer (fve-eig Of mile)
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